Thanks for the information guys.....I think that this is some type of Brown Bess Musket but I am unfamiliar with the different types. This one still has the wooden ramrod but the stock has a cheap brass cap on the end.

The buttplate is brass on this one. The shading is off a little. From what I can tell, the early Brown Bess muskets had the wooden ramrods. They were then switched over to the iron ones. That is just what I read though so I could be wrong.

there have been incorrect assertions that the bess only had iron rod's but that was from one maker's historical view, , there where a total of 31 warrents to make the 1738 pattern lock that was used on the bess the most famous was tower or grice , and yes those two did have metal , but others did not and many prefered it as it did not rattle.. ( reference to snipes's story a english soldier in the war of independance)